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F ITE STATES Pear FH MAURICE MAAS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 309,635, dated December 23, 1884:.

Application filed April 19, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MAURICE DIAAS, of St. Louis, Missouri, have made a new and useful Improvement in Shirts, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a View in front elevation of the improved shirt, the view being broken away in places to exhibit the interior construction, and showing the upper end of the pantaloons, to which the shirt, in use, is attached; Fig. 2, an elevation of the back of the shirt, a portion being broken away, and a portion of the up per end of the pantaloons being shown attached; Fig. 8, a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4: a section on the line 4: 4 of Fig. l.

The same letters of reference denote the same parts.

This improvement consists, mainly, in providing a shirt with a system of straps and stays, the straps being arranged one at each side of the bosom and one at the back of the shirt, and adapted to be connected with the pantaloons as a substitute for the ordinary suspenders, and the stays serving to sustain the strains imparted by the straps, all substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

A represents a shirt having the improvement in question. Aside from the improvement the shirt is of the customary form.

B B represent the straps which are attached to the shirt at its front at each side of the bosom O.

D represents the strap which is attached to the shirt at its back. This last-named strap is attached, preferably, so that it shall connect with the re-enforcement E, which surrounds the opening a in the back of the shirt.

F F represent stays attached to or incorporated in the shirt, and leading from the straps B B over the shoulders 6/6 of the shirt to the strap D.

G G represent stays attached. to or incorporated in the shirt, and leading from the edges 0 c of the bosom G to the straps B B, or to the stays F F in the vicinity of the straps B B. The straps B B D are connected with the pantaloons H preferably by means of the buckles I and straps J, which are similar to those used in suspenders, and which are connected with the straps and pantaloons substantially as shown.

It will be seen that the weight of the pant-aloons is largely sustained ultimately by the shoulder-stays F F. These stays and the cloth of the shirt-body are shown in section in Figs. 3, 4. The stays G G serve to hold the bosom 0 down in place, and so that the bosom shall not be drawn directly downward from the neck a I claim 1. The combination, in a shirt, of the straps B B, the stays F F, and the stays G G, as described.

2. The combination, in a shirt, of the straps B B, the stays G G, and the bosom O.

3. The combination, in a shirt, of the straps B B D, the stays F F, and the stays GG, substantially as described.

MAURICE MAAS.

Witnesses:

CHAS. D. MOODY, JOHN R. CALHOUN. 

